Gabriel de Lorges, 1st Earl of Montgomery

Gabriel de Lorges, 1st Earl of Montgomery (5 May 1530-26 June 1574) was a Franco-Scottish nobleman and the captain of the Garde Ecossaise of King Henry II of France. He mortally wounded King Henry in a jousting accident in 1559, and he was beheaded in 1574 after siding with the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

Biography
Gabriel de Lorges was born in Ducey, Normandy, France on 5 May 1530, and he came from the Scottish clan Montgomery. He rose to become captain of King Henry II of France's Garde Ecossaise ("Scottish Guards"), and, on 1 July 1559, he took part in a jousting tournament with King Henry, during which he accidentally stabbed the King through the eye with his lance. Henry absolved Montgomery of any blame, but Gabriel returned to his lands in Normandy in disgrace, studying theology and converting to Protestantism. In 1562, he allied with Louis I of Bourbon, Prince de Conde, and he survived the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. From September to October 1562, he defended Rouen from the French Royal Army, and he escaped to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who refused to extradite him to Queen Catherine de Medici. In 1573, he returned to France with a fleet to relieve La Rochelle, and, a year later, he was captured and taken to Paris, where he was beheaded.